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Rachel DavyRD

Rachel Davy

Product Developer and Production Lead

€140/day
Berlin, DE
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Rachel

Throughout my career, I’ve managed a wide range of projects spanning end-to-end product development, assortment planning, and operations across fashion and lifestyle brands. My skills lie in combining creativity with commercial strategy, ensuring products are both trend-driven and commercially viable. I’ve worked closely with international suppliers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, sustainable products that resonate with customers. I’m skilled in backend operations, building and maintaining trackers and systems with excel to streamline production and merchandising workflows, improve visibility, and support data-driven decision-making.


Highlight Projects:
Designed and implemented a critical production path for an Australian stationery and lifestyle brand, optimising lead times and supplier performance.

Developed over 200 products across stationery, lifestyle, sensory, and body categories from concept through to launch including packaging design, supplier management, and cost negotiation.


  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Crumble,
    Director/Co-Founder
    RETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)
    November 2021 - August 2025 (3 years and 9 months)
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Coordinated sourcing of recycled plastic materials, managed supplier relationships, and streamlined production workflows to ensure timely delivery and sustainable practices throughout the value chain. Built a Shopify-based website from the ground up, integrating branding, product listings, and secure payment systems to create a seamless customer experience. Organised and managed product and lifestyle shoots, collaborating with photographers to produce high quality content for digital campaigns, social media, and sales materials. Curated and executed brand events and pop-up showings, providing immersive experiences for customers, press, and industry professionals to strengthen brand visibility and engagement.
    Shopify Instagram Instagram Marketing Product Development Sustainable development
  • Milligram,
    Product Developer and Production Lead
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    November 2024 - August 2025 (9 months)
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Owned in house portfolios - Developed, tracked, and monitored critical production paths across sensory, body, and homeware categories. Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, ensuring all suppliers are meeting quality standards and delivery requirements. Collaborated with Marketing, Design, Customer Service and Retail Teams to ensure products are market ready across all channels. Managing individual product costings and supplier negotiations to achieve required margin and GP targets. Identifying and researching opportunities for new product Development in line with market trends and the brands identity.
    Product Development Project Management Microsoft Excel Commercial strategy Strategic planning
  • Milligram,
    Production Coordinator/Product Development Coordinator
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    July 2023 - November 2024 (1 year and 4 months)
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Managing the timely delivery of ranges from all local and international manufacturing partners. Managing quality control offinal deliveries, ensuring all productions deliver on price, quality and timelines. Build and maintain online resources including tech packs for supplier share documentation ensuring correct specs and templates are uploaded and communicated to suppliers. Maintain all key cross channel files, Line Lists, Buy Plans and Production Schedules. Oversee all LCL and FCL shipments from overseas suppliers, reviewing and collating required shipping documentation Manage of all product samples for the vertical brands including ordering, tracking and filing
    Microsoft Excel Database administration Netsuite Product Development Project Management

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Education

  • Victorian Certificate of Education
    Siena College
    2014
    Victorian Certificate of Education

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